John Page (Virginia)

John Page (28 April 1743-11 October 1808) was a member of the US House of Representatives (DR-VA 7) from 4 March 1789 to 3 March 1793 (preceding Abraham B. Venable) and from VA-12 from 4 March 1793 to 3 March 1797 (preceding Thomas Evans]), as well as Governor of [[Virginia from 1 December 1802 to 7 December 1805 (succeeding James Monroe and preceding William H. Cabell).

Biography
John Page was born in Rosewell, Gloucester County, Virginia in 1743, and he was a friend and close college classmate of Thomas Jefferson. He served under George Washington during the French and Indian War and went on to serve as Lieutenant Governor of Virginia from 1776 to 1779, a member of the House of Delegates from 1781 to 1783 and from 1785 to 1788, in the US House of Representatives from 1789 to 1797, and Governor of Virginia from 1802 to 1805. He died in Richmond in 1808 at the age of 65.